Gabe Newell Says Valve is Working on a New Single Player Game and Source 2

Valve's Gabe Newell had an AMA today in the quasi-satirical r/The_Gaben subreddit. During his brief session answering community questions, Newell revealed that Valve might actually still be a game developer.

Who knew?

Reddit user Baldemoto asked that which should not be asked to Newell. His response will shock you (assuming you missed the headline that you clicked on to read this news piece).

Is Valve still working on any fully-fledged single player games?An unidentified anonymous

Dota 2 Reborn Beta is Now Live - Source 2, Custom Games, and So Much More

First, the beta for Dota 2 Reborn is now officially live! You should read through the update page for the full instructions. I will list them below only as a courtesy but the full update page may have additional information that is not updated live here in this news post.

INSTALLING THE REBORN BETA

Install Dota 2 if you haven't already

Start up Dota 2

Go to the Play tab and select Dota 2 Reborn Beta

Click Install to begin your download

PLAYING THE REBORN BETA

Once the beta is installed, whenever you launch Dota 2 you'll be asked which version of the game you want to play.

You'll find that your match history, items, rank, and friends are all the same across versions.

Ranked Matchmaking will be enabled soon. We anticipate it being turned on in a few days, but we need more testing of the basic functionalities first.

Dota 2 Reborn Beta - Dota 2 is Now on Source 2

Tonight's launch of Dota 2 Reborn beta brings with it a wealth of new changes to the game. First and foremost is the fact that the game is now running on the latest version of the Source Engine. I don't even know where to begin with the other new things for this update.
Valve talks about a new dashboard for the game. They literally rebuilt it from scratch to make it "more intuitive and easier to use." The "Play Dota" button is always visible on every page in the new interface. They also made it so that lobbies can now be listed publicly by the lobby leaders.
The party system is also revamped. You can more easily invite friends, use party voice chat in the dashboard and through on to the g...

A Short Video from Valve's Portal VR Demo

Maximum PC took some footage from a portion of Valve's talk on virtual reality. During the talk, they showed off a short "Aperture Science VR Demo." It's important to note here that while we believe this is running on Source 2 (the lighting could be a big sign of this), it was not specifically announced as running on Source 2.

Even if it wasn't Source 2, the fact that it's VIRTUAL REALITY should be awesome enough for anybody!...

Valve Officially Announces Source 2

As part of their myriad of new reveals today, Valve has officially announced that Source 2 engine is in development.

Valve announced the Source 2 engine, the successor to the Source engine used in Valve's games since the launch of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2. "The value of a platform like the PC is how much it increases the productivity of those who use the platform. With Source 2, our focus is increasing creator productivity. Given how important user generated content is becoming, Source 2 is designed not for just the professional developer, but enabling gamers themselves to participate in